The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for setting up of six new branches of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). The new IIMs will be located at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha) and Amritsar (Punjab).
These new IIMs will begin functioning from assigned temporary campuses and shift to their permanent sites after construction of their campuses is completed. These new institutes commence their first academic session from 2015-16. Each institute will start with an intake of 140 students in the post graduate programme (PGP) courses.
In his budget speech in July last year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced a proposal for the setting up of five new IIMs in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab.
In addition, an IIM was also proposed for Andhra Pradesh in keeping with the AP Re-organisation Act, 2014. AP State government has allotted a vast land to IIM at Gambheeram village near Madhurawada in Vizag city.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for setting up of six new branches of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). The new IIMs will be located at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha) and Amritsar (Punjab).
These new IIMs will begin functioning from assigned temporary campuses and shift to their permanent sites after construction of their campuses is completed. These new institutes commence their first academic session from 2015-16. Each institute will start with an intake of 140 students in the post graduate programme (PGP) courses.
In his budget speech in July last year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced a proposal for the setting up of five new IIMs in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab.
In addition, an IIM was also proposed for Andhra Pradesh in keeping with the AP Re-organisation Act, 2014. AP State government has allotted a vast land to IIM at Gambheeram village near Madhurawada in Vizag city.
